East St. John High School

East St. John High School is a four-year high school of heavily attended scale in Reserve, Louisiana, overseen by St. John the Baptist Parish, works with 1,293 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 711 students per school, that is 82% larger than typical.

East St. John High School is one of 10 schools operated by St. John the Baptist Parish, a district that caters to 5,039 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, East St. John High School logs that the largest single group is Black, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 17% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (St. John the Baptist Parish) shows that median household income runs about $66,630, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. East St. John High School is one of 10 public schools in St. John the Baptist Parish (combined enrollment of about 5,039 students).

East St. John Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 1,456 students in 2018 compared to 1,293 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 7% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

On the community side, members of the East St. John High School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.